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Psalm 11

Psa. 11:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For, lo, the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
r bend
darak (Hebrew #1869)
to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending)
KJV usage: archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.
Pronounce: daw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
their bow
qesheth (Hebrew #7198)
from 7185 in the original sense (of 6983) of bending: a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
KJV usage: X arch(-er), + arrow, bow((-man, -shot)).
Pronounce: keh'-sheth
, they make ready
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
their arrow
chets (Hebrew #2671)
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; (by interchange for 6086) the shaft of a spear
KJV usage: + archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.
Pronounce: khayts
Origin: from 2686
upon the string
yether (Hebrew #3499)
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
KJV usage: + abundant, cord, exceeding, excellancy(-ent), what they leave, that hath left, plentifully, remnant, residue, rest, string, with.
Pronounce: yeh'-ther
Origin: from 3498
, that they may νprivily
bmow (Hebrew #1119)
in, with, by, etc.
KJV usage: for, in into, through.
Pronounce: bem-o'
Origin: prolongation for prepositional prefix
'ophel (Hebrew #652)
dusk
KJV usage: darkness, obscurity, privily.
Pronounce: o'fel
Origin: from the same as 651
shoot
yarah (Hebrew #3384)
{yaw-raw'}; a primitive root; properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach
KJV usage: (+) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through.
Pronounce: yaw-raw'
Origin: or (2 Chr. 26:15) yara
at the upright
yashar (Hebrew #3477)
straight (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), + pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: yaw-shawr'
Origin: from 3474
in heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
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Psa. 64:2‑4• 2Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,
 3Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
 4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. (Psa. 64:2‑4)
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in darkness.

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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For, lo.
Psa. 10:2• 2The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined. (Psa. 10:2)
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Psa. 37:14• 14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the afflicted and needy, to slay those that are upright in the way: (Psa. 37:14)
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Psa. 64:3‑4• 3Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
 4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. (Psa. 64:3‑4)
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Jer. 9:3• 3And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood, and not for fidelity are they valiant in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 9:3)
make.
Psa. 21:12• 12For thou wilt make them turn their back; thou wilt make ready thy bowstring against their face. (Psa. 21:12)
that.
Psa. 10:8‑9• 8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.
 9He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net. (Psa. 10:8‑9)
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Psa. 64:5• 5They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they concert to hide snares; they say, Who will see them? (Psa. 64:5)
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Psa. 142:3• 3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then *thou* knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they hidden a snare for me. (Psa. 142:3)
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1 Sam. 18:21• 21And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him. And Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time. (1 Sam. 18:21)
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1 Sam. 23:9• 9And when David knew that Saul devised mischief against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod. (1 Sam. 23:9)
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Matt. 26:4• 4and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him; (Matt. 26:4)
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Acts 23:12‑15• 12And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul.
 13And they were more than forty who had joined together in this oath;
 14and they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have cursed ourselves with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul.
 15Now therefore do ye with the council make a representation to the chiliarch so that he may bring him down to you, as about to determine more precisely what concerns him, and we, before he draws near, are ready to kill him. (Acts 23:12‑15)
privily.
Heb. in darkness.
the upright.
Psa. 7:10• 10My shield is with God, who saveth the upright in heart. (Psa. 7:10)
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Psa. 32:11• 11Rejoice in Jehovah, and be glad, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye upright in heart. (Psa. 32:11)
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Psa. 64:10• 10The righteous shall rejoice in Jehovah, and trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory. (Psa. 64:10)
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Psa. 94:15• 15For judgment shall return unto righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it. (Psa. 94:15)
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Psa. 97:11• 11Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart. (Psa. 97:11)
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Psa. 125:4• 4Do good, O Jehovah, unto the good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. (Psa. 125:4)
• Verse 2 and 3 set forth the character of evil with which the godly are faced. The opposition is not open but working “in darkness” (JND). The upright in heart, and the foundations of their faith, are being secretly attacked. (“Psalms 11” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For behold, the wicked bend the bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may in darkness shoot at the upright in heart.